Evren Wilder Elliott (He/They) loves telling and sharing stories. Evren is a strategist, joker, facilitator and storyteller who has called Indianapolis his home for the past decade. His current project, “Imagining Home: liberatory theatre and speculative solutions for housing justice”, is supported by the Power Plant Grant through Big Car Collaborative, made possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts. He is currently pursuing his Masters of Public Affairs at O'Neill Indianapolis, and is a Resident Fellow with the Speculative Play and Just Futurities Residency through the Indiana University Indianapolis Arts & Humanities Institute, the Center for Africana Studies and Culture, and the Ray Bradbury Center.

Evren serves as Co-President on the Board of Directors of Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, Inc., as a community advisor for the Indy East Promise Neighborhood, is a member of the board of Fonseca Theatre, and serves as a facilitator and collaborator for a variety of community building endeavors. Evren has had the joy of conspiring with groups across Indiana and the country, and with individuals from all over the world, who are truly interested in inventing new systems and pursing liberation through the audacious acts of creation and play.